Cross-cultural Stories for Libraries
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English-language novels set in Chile highlight cultural differences and raise questions about social justice and global environmental practices.
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Transport your readers into the hearts and minds of quirky, memorable characters. Sprinkled with humor and magic realism, the books spark questions around global themes.
Take a short trip with free excerpts from each title.
Books can be purchased through library distributors such as Overdrive, Bibliotecha, Baker & Taylor, Hoopla, and Borrowbox.
South of Centre
An intriguing saga of hidden family connections
Dipping into some of Chile’s rich history around the time of the Pinochet regime, South of Centre unfolds through multiple narratives and is peppered with magic realism. The story raises questions about social justice and other things that you can never quite get to the bottom of.
Hard Bed Hotel
A humorous story that mistakes the living for the dead trips along to a delightfully unexpected end.
Jaunting through the General Cemetery of Santiago, everything goes wrong but maybe it’s right, as heaven and earth settle into an unexpected juxtaposition in this twisted Latin tale that is doused with humor and magic realism.
Threads
A story of a woman with an extraordinary gift, another woman who needs one, and the man in the middle.
As two women on opposite ends of the world strive to get by, their distinct coping methods take bizarre twists. It’s about overcoming loss and our shared humanity.
Cross-cultural, ‘one world of books’ POSTERS
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Reading Around the World
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Poster B:
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Poster C:
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